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Table 1 Parameters calculated for xylose fermentation

From: Comparative assessment of fermentative capacity of different xylose-consuming yeasts

Yeasts species

Oxygen condition

Xylitol (g L−1)

Ethanol (g L−1)

Xylitol yield [Yx/s (g g−1)]

Ethanol yield [Ye/s (g g−1)]

Biomass yield [Yb/s (g g−1)]

Specific xylose consumption [(g g −1cdw h−1)]

Specific ethanol productivity [(g g −1cdw h−1)]

S. stipitis

S. passalidarum

S. arborariae

C. tenuis

Aerobic

0.41 ± 0.06

8.05 ± 0.91

0.01 ± 0.00

0.24 ± 0.02

0.16 ± 0.04

0.30 ± 0.09

0.08 ± 0.03

0.04 ± 0.00

10.06 ± 0.48

0.00 ± 0.00

0.28 ± 0.02

0.33 ± 0.02

0.13 ± 0.02

0.04 ± 0.01

0.27 ± 0.08

8.65 ± 1.16

0.01 ± 0.00

0.25 ± 0.02

0.31 ± 0.05

0.13 ± 0.02

0.03 ± 0.01

8.03 ± 1.48

0.00 ± 0.00

0.30 ± 0.06

0.00 ± 0.00

0.43 ± 0.06

0.02 ± 0.00

0.00 ± 0.00

S. stipitis

S. passalidarum

S. arborariae

C. tenuis

Oxygen-

limited

0.37 ± 0.01

16.48 ± 0.83

0.01 ± 0.00

0.45 ± 0.04

0.09 ± 0.02

0.29 ± 0.09

0.10 ± 0.02

0.05 ± 0.02

16.36 ± 1.40

0.00 ± 0.01

0.44 ± 0.04

0.13 ± 0.04

0.22 ± 0.10

0.10 ± 0.05

1.82 ± 0.66

11.47 ± 2.37

0.04 ± 0.02

0.31 ± 0.02

0.15 ± 0.01

0.09 ± 0.01

0.03 ± 0.01

15.43 ± 1.90

0.00 ± 0.00

0.62 ± 0.04

0.00 ± 0.00

0.14 ± 0.01

0.04 ± 0.01

0.00 ± 0.00

  1. The fermentative capacities were measurement under aerobic and oxygen-limited conditions. The values are calculated considering the exponential growth phase